Reality Check: Current State of Homelessness Posted on December 23, 2015 by Giselle Routhier Last Sunday, the Daily News ran a piece by editorial board member Alyssa Katz in which she discusses the current state of homelessness in NYC and Mayor de Blasio’s response. The piece contains a number of notable errors about the issue that deserve clarifica ..Read More
Today’s Read: Finally, Urgency on New York’s Homeless Posted on December 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone An editorial in today’s New York Times lays out a voice of reason on homelessness in New York City, by contrasting steps the Mayor has taken against a complete lack of response from the Governor. Homelessness has rightfully been at the top of the City’s ag ..Read More
Finally, Urgency on New York’s Homeless Posted on December 23, 2015 by The Editorial Board in The New York Times In the final days of his second year in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio has stirred himself to greater action on homelessness. Under fire for months over a problem that he had promised long ago to solve — but one that he seemed inclined to dismiss or play down, ..Read More
Upstate NY Groups Sheltering Homeless Call for More Housing Posted on December 22, 2015 in Associated Press Organizations that shelter homeless people in the greater Albany area say they’re overflowing on the coldest nights and are calling on the governor and Legislature to back 35,000 more units of supportive housing statewide over the next decade, including ..Read More
Thank You For Making This Holiday Season Merry and Bright! Posted on December 22, 2015 No child dreams of spending the holidays in a homeless shelter — yet far too many of our city’s kids will do just that. Every child deserves to feel the magic of this joyous season, so last week, the Coalition held its annual Holiday Carnival for Kids ..Read More
Send the Governor A Message Posted on December 22, 2015 Supportive housing is the key to ending homelessness for vulnerable New Yorkers. In November, the Mayor announced his commitment to fund 15,000 units. Now, Governor Cuomo must match that 15,000 in NYC and create an additional 5,000 units elsewhere in the state ..Read More
City Controller Audit Finds 87% of Homeless Units Threaten Residents’ Health or Safety Posted on December 21, 2015 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News The city is putting families with kids in dangerous homeless shelters plagued by rats, mold, and broken windows, an audit by the City Controller found. Scott Stringer’s inspectors checked out 101 randomly selected shelter units across the city and found a wh ..Read More
Outreach Teams Fan Out in NYC as 3 Homeless Prepare to Sue Posted on December 21, 2015 by Colleen Long and William Mathis in Associated Press As members of the city’s new homeless outreach team fanned out Monday in a campaign to persuade people to leave the streets, three homeless New Yorkers filed paperwork to sue over an unrelated effort to remove them, saying police wrongly tossed identifyi ..Read More
Audit Finds New York City Shelters in Poor Shape Posted on December 21, 2015 by Mara Gay in The Wall Street Journal Thousands of families in New York City shelters are still living in “appalling” conditions nine months after a city report called for major improvements, Comptroller Scott Stringer said. An audit from Mr. Stringer released Monday found that the city had pl ..Read More
